2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 4/07/2017 and 4/06/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 103,612,000 103,762,000 0.1 Total Returns Processed 101,028,000 101,082,000 0.1 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 95,458,000 95,899,000 0.5 Tax Professionals 54,720,000 54,283.000 -0.8 Self-prepared 40,738,000 41,616,000 2.2 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 276,082,236 342,057,461 23.9 Total Refunds: Number 80,296,000 79,100,000 -1.5 Amount $228.951 Billion $226.558 Billion -1.0 Average refund $2,851 $2,864 0.5 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 69,293,000 68,220,000 -1.5 Amount $208.475 Billion $205.555 Billion -1.4 Average refund $3,009 $3,013 0.1
